The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12
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WASHINGTON. AUGUST s, 1887.

WASHINGTON. AUGUsT s, 1887.
The Siamese Prince Deyawongse was
formally presented to the President on
Friday morning las. by acting Secretary
Of State Porter. The Prince, who was &C.
eoInpanied by several members ofh suite
and General Iiolderman, wore European
dress. but tie members of his suite were
attired in their native costumes. The four
little sons of the reigning King OF Siam,
who are in this country with the Prince
were net present at this presentation. The
President remarked on their absence and
expressed a strong desire to see them.
Consequently at five o'clock in the after
noon, accompanied by the Chief Clerk of
the State Department, the four little
princes were received by the President
and had a very pleasant interview. The
little boys, the eldest of whom is fifteen
and the Youngest but eight, have excited
a great deal of admiration during their
VISIT to Washington. Their open eyed
and childish enjoyment of the sights of the
Capital has won all hearts.
The officials of The Treasury are ut pres
ent giving their attention to the Commits
sion Of Emigration and its methods of con-
Quoting business. The recent action of
the Commission in the Jonsen case has
provoked the investigation. The Com
mission is appointed by The State, but per
forms its duties under contract with the
Government. 1t is exceedingly probable
that the evidence of abuses, and the
%usurpation of entire control of immigrants,
by the Commissioners, brought to light by
his Investigation, will result in the with
drawal by the Government of its contract
with the Commission, which can be done
under the terms Of the contract, after
serving a nctice of sixty days. Ii is
charged among other things, that the
privileges of performing certain remuner-
alive services for newly arrived immigrants
are rented out or sold by the Commissions
crs at high figures, and moreover, that
they charge immigrants from two to three
per cent. more ON exchange that the reg
ular banks. A tax of fifty cents per head
is imposed by the United States upon i'm
migrants at Castle Garden in New York,
this sum amounts to 5000, 600 yearly, but
from so, coo to 0,000 of it is expended
in salaries to the Commissioners and en-
ployes. The secretary of the Treasury
will in all probability decide that the
money thus expended can be used to bet
ter advantage in the enforcement of the
immigrant law and abolish the Commits
sion.
Communications have already been re-
eeived at the Treasury Department from a
number Of bondholders who express them
selves willing to accept the offer of the
Secretary TO prepay six months interest
ON the public debt with a rebate of two
per cent. after the 18th inst. The appli-
cations already on file for the prepayment
will put nearly 5000, 600 in circulation.
follows tie precedent established by his
predecessor in office, Mr.. Manning, who in
December 1886, ordered the payment Of
quarterly interest four weeks in advance
u iip N'ifb fAA'5 W. liHb ttANbilN - Z
establish public confidence in the money
market and to prevent a threatening panic.
As soon as General Sheridan returns to
the city the Secretary of War will decide
whether To grant the request Of the mana
gers Of the Chicago drill and encampment
to be held in October, to allow the regular
army to be represented at the drill. The
Secretary and the L~ieutenant-Genera are
both in favor of the plan to have the mill
Tia and the regular troops 90 into camp
together, and it is likely that several com
panies Of u. s.. soldiers will be ordered to
Chicago in October. 1t is thought that
actual contact with the regular soldiers
life and drill will do more than amount